C H A S E
Our vision
The CHASE vision is:
working collaboratively with communities, organisations and governments
to enhance the health and wellbeing of those individuals and groups
who are socially excluded.
CHASE does this by:
- investigating the interrelationships between,
and the impacts of, those factors
which contribute to social exclusion and adverse health outcomes;
- researching more fully the causes and health
consequences of social exclusion;
- working with staff in the health and human services
sectors to investigate the ways
in which they can reduce social exclusion;
- examining entry and exit points in order to
reduce the incidence of social exclusion
and to promote re-inclusion;
- seeking to understand the experience of exclusion
and how people's health can be
improved even when they are excluded;
- developing evidence-based solutions and supporting
their effective dissemination
and implementation; and
- advocating evidence-based action at all levels
of society.
The CHASE philosophy is that individuals and communities
should be assisted to find their own solutions
to exclusion issues. We
appreciate that not everyone can or wishes to be included in the "mainstream".
Nevertheless, the health of the so-called "included" and "excluded" can be promoted regardless of their social positioning.
Our mission
The CHASE mission is:
- to undertake research and development of the
highest quality, in partnership with communities and organisations;
- to provide evidence-based policy and practice
advice to government and industry;and
- to deliver professional development, education
and training services.
CHASE researchers are committed to:
- improving social connectedness, equity and
health, within a broad public health framework;
- developing partnerships with the community
based on equality and respect;
- working to facilitate multi-disciplinary partnerships
between researchers, service
providers and policy makers, in government, service organisations and
universities;
- seeking to understand the accumulated wisdom
of services at the coal face;
- using action-oriented approaches to assist
organisations to change for the better;
- understanding the intricacies and complexities
of social issues affecting exclusion
and health; - conducting research with cultural minorities,
including people with diverse ethnic
backgrounds and sexual identities, as well as with ex-offenders, people
with
disabilities, young people, elderly people and children;
- focusing on finding solutions through interventions;
and
- bringing about innovative policy change.
Our directions
The Faculty of Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
has a strong track record of research in the following broad areas:
- disability - for example employment of people
with a disability and the development of assistive technology;
- social and mental health - for example obesity
and body image, relationships,abuse, anxiety, depression;
- equity and community - for example social determinants
of health, health promotion, community and organisational research,
diversity and social inequality, and marginalisation;
- health risk behaviours - for example self-injury,
antisocial behaviour, criminality, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and other
conditions which disable or disadvantage.
